Suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has for the first time detailed his version of the events that led to the high-profile domestic violence incident involving his wife — including how she sustained a sizable bruise on her arm. Read More
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Monday filed a response to a motion by the attorneys of suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who is seeking to have Herrera removed from the suspension proceedings, a move he said was "utterly without merit." Read More
Embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi challenged his ongoing suspension without pay on Tuesday, following Mayor Ed Lee’s initiation of removal proceedings last week.
The mayor suspended Mirkarimi and appointed a replacement sheriff following his court sentencing in a high-profile domestic violence case involving his wife. Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to the false imprisonment charge earlier this month and three other charges were dropped as a result. Read More
The official misconduct charges against suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi look damning on their face, which should come as no surprise. Mayor Ed Lee had plenty of fodder to base removal proceedings on after revelations in the sheriff’s sordid domestic violence case.
But aspects of the suspension’s reasoning are raising red flags with some legal experts, who say The City’s legal argument — if successful — could make it far too easy to remove elected officials from office. Read More
The domestic violence trial of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi was assigned to a judge Friday morning, the first step in what could be a few days of very crucial pretrial motions on what evidence will be admitted. Read More
The continuing melee around Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi’s court proceedings could prompt Mayor Ed Lee to ask him if he’d be “willing to take a leave.”The mayor said at a Chinese New Year event on Monday that he wants to talk personally with the sheriff and “find out from him whether he can fulfill the duties of his office.” Read More
San Francisco’s Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi showed up in San Francisco Superior Court on Monday morning at 9:17 a.m., briefly sat before the judge while court dates were set, and then walked away, all while refusing to address the group of reporters who asked him for comment on his way in and out of the court room. Read More
A Panasonic video camera and a black iPhone were seized by police Wednesday from the home of Sheriff-elect Ross Mirkarimi’s neighbor for a photo of a bruise his wife allegedly sustained during a domestic violence incident and text messages about the injury, according to a police affidavit attached to a search warrant The San Francisco Examiner obtained Friday afternoon.
Scroll down to read the full search warrant affidavit. Read More
As if people in San Francisco needed another reason to protest, this week they got one — a proposal that would set up a new protected class of workers, felons.
Realignment appears to be taking place faster than expected. Read More
San Francisco voters have not had to think about the office of sheriff for more than three decades — such has been their steady reliance on the man who has held the job for 31 years, Michael Hennessey. Read More
